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MONDAY, MAY 29, 1989

Value of merchandise domestic exports

reclassified by industrial origin for the first quarter of 1989

(HK$ '000)

Industrial origin of the

Merchandise domestic exports

commodities exported

1989 1st qtr.

1988 1st qtr.

Value

change

change

Agricultural, Forestry and Fishing

Agricultural, livestock and

poultry production

Ocean and coastal fishing

1,443

194,480

1,780

-337

-18.9

158,921 +35,559

+22.4

1,496

1,471

+25

+1.7

Kining and Quarrying

Hanufacturing

Food

370,186

303,127

+67,059

+22.1

Deverages

83,163

66,125

+17,038

+25.8

Tobacco

420,905

454,880

-33,975

-7.5

Textiles (including knitting)

8,093,698

7,919,721

+173,976

+2.2

Wearing apparel, except

9,656,339

9,176,990 +479,350

+5.2

footwear and knitwear

Leather and leather products

193,742

197,324

-3.582

-1.8

Footwear

257,749

264,417

-6.668

-2.5

Food and cork products,

181,460

194,888

-73.428

-6.9

furniture, and fixtures

Faper and paper products

1,128,897

944,332

+184,545

+19.5

printing and publishing

Chemicals and chemical products

990,143

680,357

+309,786

+45.5

Products of petroleum and coal

1,119

Rubber products

36,057

971 51,966

+148

+15.2

-15,909

-30.6

Plastic products

2,275,464

2,457,559

-182,095

-7.4

Fon-metallic mineral products

179,370

161,191

+18,179

+11.3

Basic metals and fabricated

2,439,776

2,114,382

+325,395

+15.4

metal products

Hachinery, except electrical

1,792,849

1,291,048

+501, 801

+38.9

Electrical and electronic

11,829,263

10,450,782 +1,378,481

+13.2

products

Transport equipment

41,127

33,886 +7,242

+21.4

Professional and optical

4,517,119

4,128,471

+388,648

+9.4

equipment

Other manufacturing industries

3,054,410

2,987,993

+66,477

+2.2

Electricity

156,320

109,08c +47,240

+43.3

Miscellaneous items

30,660

17,632 +13,027

+73.9

(e.g. developed photographic plates and film, antiques,

and works of art)

Total

47.927,235

44,169,293 +3,757,943

+8.5

Individual entries of a column may not add up exactly to the corresponding total due to rounding:

Industrial Research Section, (Tel.: 5-8234832)

Census & Statistics Department,

HonE Kong

Fay 1989

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